Mushroom 'White Cap Button'

Agaricus bisporus

Hardy Annual

Why not try something a little bit different, and grow your own mushrooms? Mushroom growing may seem complicated but our easy to grow spawn is provided with detailed instructions and require no specialist equipment.

White Cap mushrooms are the common form of this much used vegetable that we are all familiar with.

Grain spawn is available all year and enables growers to follow traditional methods of growing on composted manure. Using this method mushrooms may be grown outdoors or indoors in controlled conditions. Sow outside from spring to August, or sow indoors with an even temperature of around 16C (50F), and not below 10C or above 20C. Supplied with full cultural instructions.

Mushrooms can be grown outdoors in neglected lawns and around compost heaps. They are most successful in soils that are rich in organic matter. Lift an area of turf and loosen the soil beneath, adding extra organic matter if required. Spread the mushroom compost over the soil surface and replace the turf. Turf should be kept moist though not waterlogged. When growing mushrooms outdoors, fruiting will depend entirely upon weather conditions.

Indoors

Button mushrooms can be grown in a mushroom box or bed, on compost made from well prepared horse manure. Mushroom beds and boxes can be established in cellars, sheds, or garden frames, and should be 25cm (10") deep. Tightly pack mushroom beds with prepared compost and scatter the spawn across the surface, before covering with damp newspaper. After 3 weeks, the compost will be colonised by mycelium. Remove the newspaper and cover the compost with a 2.5cm (1") layer of casing, mixed from garden soil, peat and lime. Mushrooms will begin to develop 3 to 5 weeks after adding the casing layer.

Maintain a moist, humid atmosphere as mushrooms develop by watering with a fine rose watering can or with regular misting. Harvest mushrooms by twisting the cap until it comes away from the compost. Caution: Some people are allergic to mushrooms or mushroom spores and others may become sensitised by high concentrations of spores.

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